Digital Depot Visit

In the past years, the Consortium has worked on creating greater transparancy for objects that were collected by the Netherlands in colonized regions. Providing access to collections from colonial contexts is of great importance to countries of origin. When we are not speaking about accessing collections through digital collection registrations, but about studying the object itself, we often see that thresholds are experienced. These thresholds may have to do with the lack of financial means, or for example the difficulties of getting a visa to visit these collections.

To lower this threshold, the Wereldmuseum has experimented with organizing digital depot visits through a Teams or Zoom meeting. Based on the user tests, carried out in collaboration with Rijksmuseum, an instruction manual has been drawn up for institutions to organize their own digital depot visits.

Instruction manual

In the manual, you will read how your organization can organize a digital depot visit. This manual discusses what is needed, which preparations are required and how the visit will be carried out. The manual also includes practical tips and a manual with the equipment you can use to optimize the digital depot visit.

Important note: currently the instruction manual is only available in Dutch. If it becomes available in English, this page will be updated.